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<H3>pair_style lj/cut/smooth command 
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<H3>pair_style lj/cut/smooth/cuda command 
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<H3>pair_style lj/cut/smooth/omp command 
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<P><B>Syntax:</B>
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<PRE>pair_style lj/cut/smooth Rc 
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<UL><LI>Rc = cutoff for lj/cut/smooth interactions (distance units) 
</UL>
<P><B>Examples:</B> 
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<PRE>pair_style lj/cut/smooth 5.456108274435118
pair_coeff * * 0.7242785984051078 2.598146797350056
pair_coeff 1 1 20.0 1.3 9.0 
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<P><B>Description:</B>
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<P>Style <I>lj/cut/smooth</I> computes a LJ interaction that combines the standard 
12/6 Lennard-Jones function and subtracts a linear term that includes a 
cutoff distance Rc.
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<CENTER><IMG SRC = "Eqs/pair_lj_cut_smooth.jpg">
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<P>At the cutoff Rc, the energy and force (its 1st derivative) will be 0.0.
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<P>The following coefficients must be defined for each pair of atoms
types via the <A HREF = "pair_coeff.html">pair_coeff</A> command as in the examples
above, or in the data file or restart files read by the
<A HREF = "read_data.html">read_data</A> or <A HREF = "read_restart.html">read_restart</A>
commands, or by mixing as described below:
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<UL><LI>epsilon (energy units)
<LI>sigma (distance units)
<LI>cutoff (distance units) 
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<P>If not specified, the global value for Rc is used.
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<P>Styles with a <I>cuda</I>, <I>gpu</I>, <I>omp</I>, or <I>opt</I> suffix are functionally
the same as the corresponding style without the suffix.  They have
been optimized to run faster, depending on your available hardware, as
discussed in <A HREF = "Section_accelerate.html">Section_accelerate</A> of the
manual.  The accelerated styles take the same arguments and should
produce the same results, except for round-off and precision issues.
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<P>These accelerated styles are part of the USER-CUDA, GPU, USER-OMP and OPT
packages, respectively.  They are only enabled if LAMMPS was built with
those packages.  See the <A HREF = "Section_start.html#start_3">Making LAMMPS</A>
section for more info.
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<P>You can specify the accelerated styles explicitly in your input script
by including their suffix, or you can use the <A HREF = "Section_start.html#start_6">-suffix command-line
switch</A> when you invoke LAMMPS, or you can
use the <A HREF = "suffix.html">suffix</A> command in your input script.
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<P>See <A HREF = "Section_accelerate.html">Section_accelerate</A> of the manual for
more instructions on how to use the accelerated styles effectively.
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<P><B>Mixing, shift, table, tail correction, restart, rRESPA info</B>:
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<P>For atom type pairs I,J and I != J, the epsilon and sigma coefficients and 
cutoff distance can be mixed. The default mix value is geometric. 
See the "pair_modify" command for details.
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<P>This pair style does not support the <A HREF = "pair_modify.html">pair_modify</A> shift
option for the energy of the pair interaction.
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<P>The <A HREF = "pair_modify.html">pair_modify</A> table option is not relevant
for this pair style.
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<P>This pair style does not support the <A HREF = "pair_modify.html">pair_modify</A>
tail option for adding long-range tail corrections to energy and
pressure, since the energy of the pair interaction is smoothed to 0.0
at the cutoff.
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<P>This pair style writes its information to <A HREF = "restart.html">binary restart
files</A>, so pair_style and pair_coeff commands do not need
to be specified in an input script that reads a restart file.
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<P>This pair style can only be used via the <I>pair</I> keyword of the
<A HREF = "run_style.html">run_style respa</A> command.  It does not support the
<I>inner</I>, <I>middle</I>, <I>outer</I> keywords.
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<P><B>Restrictions:</B> none
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<P><B>Related commands:</B>
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<P><A HREF = "pair_coeff.html">pair_coeff</A>
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<P><B>Default:</B> none
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